The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

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Richard W @rdwoolf 15h I would describe DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL as a neo-noir film set in an isolated mountain chalet or hotel. Except, it also has a slight sci-fi angle to it. I thought the film was very interesting. I always enjoy films set in the seventies and this film had a great late-seventies vibe....maybe even mid-seventies considering it was made behind the "Iron Curtain" in the Soviet Union. They always seemed a little "behind the times" then compared to the western word. I saw this film via the new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Deaf Crocodile. I found the included visual essay by Ryan Verrill & Dr. Will Dodson to be extremely helpful in explaining the context of the film from a Soviet frame of mind. Having that insight made me think of the film in a different light. See more 01/19/2021 The Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is constructed like a classic murder mystery. You take an odd group of characters, confine them together in a remote location, one of them shows up dead, and then a detective must unravel what happened. I quite like the way it is presented visually. Somehow they manage to make this hotel feel large and spacious in one scene and then confined and claustrophobic in another. Not to mention the overall strange and other-worldly look of the place. They also did a great job of making it seem like there was someone watching our protagonist, around every single corner. There are a number of minutes where The Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is a tad slow, and I felt like the story wasn’t progressing. However, I was always drawn back into the movie, because I was waiting to discover the identity of the murderer. Sadly, I think the ending was the worst part for me. It takes a turn that simply didn’t work and left me scratching my head. I feel like the intent was to make a bit of social commentary with that ending, but it didn’t work effectively based on how the film was set up. I wanted a more grounded and logical conclusion. I doubt I’ll be seeking The Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel for a second viewing, but it was at least intriguing enough to keep me engaged throughout its runtime. See more 04/02/2014 A polícia recebe uma ligação para um solitário hotel nos Alpes. Quando um oficial chega ao hotel parece estar tudo bem. De repente, uma avalanche isola-os do resto do mundo e coisas estranhas acontecem. See more Read all reviews

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